Who Should I Trade?

Christian MacLeod for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 107	‐
VBR	# 428	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	2
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	5.52
WHIP	1.43	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	61.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	38	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	77	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	5.55	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	33.5	1.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	2

Earned Runs	16	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	36	2

Walks	16	1

ERA	4.31	5.52

WHIP	1.43	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Twins reassigned LHP Christian MacLeod to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

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Christian MacLeod for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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